Titanium activated magnesium orthostannate



Patented Feb. 20, 1951 TITAN'IIJM ACTIVATED MAGNESIUM 1'ORTHOSTANNATE Ferdinand Anne Kriiger and Jan Theodoor Gerard overbeek, E indhoven, Netherlands, assignors 'toG'eneralElectric Company, a corporation of New York No Drawing. Application octob raaieic, "Serial No. 705229. 'In Belgium May 1, 1945 Section 1, Public Law 690, ugust s, 1946 Patent expires May 1, 1965 1 Claim. (Cl- 252-301;1)

'1 This invention relates to fiuorescentmaterials or phosphors which may be used in combination with electric discharge devices such as cathode ray tubes or mercury vapor discharge lamps.

Th phosphors comprising t present i 5 by ultra-violet rays having a wavelength of 2700 tion are adapted to transform into blue or green light the energy of electrons or short wave ultra- Anbstroms and less as Well as by electron rays violet radiations. There is a need for such phos- Example I V phors in order to permit selections for given ap- Zirconium phosphate activated by titanium plications among a larger number of phosphors. The matrix may be of pyrophosphate composition Thus an the possible benefits may be derived (ZrPzOv) or slightly more acid. It has a blue from the particular properties of the selected subemission and is excited by ultmwi 01 et rays having stance, without including luminescence of an una Wavelength of 2537 Angstroms and less as Well deslrable.nature as by electron rays. Accordmg to present Invention We h Y The use of substances comprising the present covfered new.serles of phosphors contatnmg' t1- invention in discharge tubes provides a means of tamum as actlvator and havntg maiirlx 0.0mmodifying the spectral distribution between given s d of one more of oxldes 9 zlrconntm limits, and this makes it possible to select the subhafmum m germamutn or t wltlch stance which is most suitable for a given applicamay P addefi either geld (fxldes or baslc .Oxldes tion. When these materials are used in discharge or 9 sultatfle basic t arejfihe of tubes generating ultra-violet rays, the luminesl 'i i t t cence is essentially created by rays having a waveoanum calcium stromlum' magnesmm beryl length less than 3000 Angstroms The material lium and zinc. The acid oxides are those of the may be mixed with Othpr phosph'ors which emit group B203 P205 and Sioz The quantity light of different colors for instance red of titanium is preferably such that the material In preparing the materials one or several of contains at least 0.001 and at most 50 mol per cent the des of Zirconium hafnium thorium. of i sum 3 5 of tltamtlm mrcortmm manium or tin are heated in non-reducing atmoshafmum t i sermamllm phere with or without the acid and/or basic ox- In the pnosphors compl'lsmg our mventlon, the ides specified above together with titanium oxtitanium is in the tetravalent state within the me at Such a temperature that the component lattice structure of the substance where it reelements become difiused and/or react with one places, in part, one of the elements forming the another of h matmx to m hafmum' The following are several examples of methods h 51119011 m-P or of preparing phosphors in accordance with the tlty of titanium which is thus contained in the invention substance may be much 1arg'er than the quantity which is normally present as activator in lumi- Example A nescent substances. 40 grams of zirconium oxychloride are dissolved The following are examples of specific phosphor 40 in diluted hydrochloric acid. To the solution compositions comprising our invention: thus obtained there is added 1.5 cubic centimeters Example I of a solution of titanium tetrachloride containing per cubic centimeter the equivalent of 10 milli- Zirconium oxide activated by 0.001 to 10 mol grams of Ti02 Per P of titanium added efnits a An excess of ammonia is added to this solution, greemsh light havmg its maxlmum emlsslon at and the resulting precipitate is then filtered, dried 4'700 Angstroms. It is excited by ultra-violet rays and heated for one hour in an oxidizing atmosof wavelength of 3850 Angstroms and less, as well phere at a temperature of 13000 C The tas by electron rays. ing product when irradiated by ultra-violet rays Example II or bombarded by electrons emits a green lumines- Magnesium stannate activated by titanium. cence' Example B The stannate may be of ortho composition or more basic. It emits blue light having a maxi- Dissolve 31.9 grams of zirconium oxychloride mum at 4480 Angstroms when excited by elec- 5 and 10 grams of calcium carbonate in diluted hytron rays and by ultra-violet rays having a wavelength less than 2800 Angstroms.

Example III Calcium zirconateactivated by titanium. The matrix may be of the meta composition (CaZrOa) or more basic. It emits blue light and is excited drochloric acid. To this solution add 8 cubic centimeters of a solution of titanium tetrachloride Example 0 V 40 grams of magnesium oxide are dissolved in hydrochloric acid. To this solution there is added a solution of 170 grams SnClz and 800 cubic centimeters of a titanium tetrachloride solution (10 milligrams of T102 per cubic centimeter). The addition of an excess of ammonia produces a precipitate which is filtered and dried. The

dry substance is preheated at 600 C. and is then heated for one to two hours in an oxidizing at,- mosphere at a temperature of 1250 C. The product emits a bluish luminescence when excit- 2 ed by shortwave ultra-violet rays or by electrons.

4 What we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

A fluorescent material consisting essentially of magnesium ortho-stannate activated by titanium 5 in an amount of T102 between 0.001 and 50 mol per cent of the sum of the oxides of titanium and tin in the composition.

FERDINAND ANNE KRGGER.

JAN THEODOOR GERARD OVERBEEK.

REFERENCES CITED Y The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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